Citizen's Seeking Power One day, you"re sitting at the dinner table discussing politics with your wife, and you realize that everything you have to say about issues is better, and more productive than what the politicians in Washington are saying and doing. ... On Democratic Presidential candidate Howard Dean's website, there is a link in which Dean supporters may write letters to those voters who are undecided. ... This importance is shown in each of the movies we watched, and is being shown in the campaigns of current presidential candidates. ...

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However, despite the American ethos of democracy the Presidential election is not democratic. ... The source of this degradation is the Electoral College, a perversion of federalism (the division of power between State and National government). The Electoral College nullifies the value of the democratic popular vote by conferring the power of the presidency to the candidate who accumulates 270 of the State apportioned Electoral College votes. ... Thus encouraging them to abstain from voting based on the premise that their vote does not receive its due apportionment of Electoral College votes a...

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Andrew Jackson was very Democratic because he wanted the people to have more say and power in the government, he wanted to extend our boundaries so that people could move more out west, and he wanted the national bank to be ran differently than it was. ... In the year 1816, the people chose presidential electors by legislature, and by the year 1832, most of the presidential electors were chose by the people except in one state only which was South Carolina. Then again in 1836, the presidential electors were chose by the people in all but one state which was once again South Carolina. ... He ...

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The last presidential election will most likely go down in history as one of the most fascinating events of the last 100 years. ... It creates a paradox because; the power of the majority is needed to sustain a democracy. ... The American people learned a lot from the last Presidential Election. ...

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Reduction in party cohesion, the surge in the power of Political Action Committees, and the new found necessity of gaining the Independent vote are 3 factors that have all led Presidential candidates to sever the political umbilical cord that has tied them to their parties for almost 2 centuries. ... The ultimate goal of most Presidential candidates these days no longer seems to be whether they actually out perform their opponent; but whether they can out promote. ... Independents account tens of millions of votes these days and it has become the new imperative of Presidential candidates to wi...

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The display of well thought-out Northern resistance to the Missouri compromise, made white males in the South became aware of the importance of politics and it power to protect their way of life. ... Universal white male suffrage ensured all whites in the country had the power to control their individual liberty. ... Prior to Jackson administration, political elections and presidential nominations were held privately by Congress. However, with the advent of Jacksonian Democrats, political elections and presidential nominations began to be held with all the pomp and circumstance of the time...

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The democratic principle, however, stipulates that the people are the source of the power, not political parties, benefactors, patrons, or even their representatives, who could simply go unelected once their terms end and the dissatisfied people are ready for change. ... Even when the popular vote, where the citizens of the nation directly express their preferences for candidates to hold presidential office, indicates one thing (the democratic principle), the Electoral College could easily prove to support federalism more than democracy. One of the avenues of expression and attempts at policy ...

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My opinion may be biased since I live in the United States under a democratic government, but I think the presidential system of democracy works the best. ... We have the power to influence (even if it is only slightly), the way the government is handled. ... In democracy there are several stages a law must go through before it can be passed and many people have the chance to vote on it and the power is not left in one person's hands. ...

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The Jacksonian Democrats during 1824 to 1840 succeeded in attacking and seeking out special privilege in American life, and much political power was given to the people. The Populists during 1890 to 1896 also attempted to attain power, but were not successful, due in part to ideas such as the "free silver" platform and racial controversy. ... They built on this idea and felt that the common people should have the power to directly govern themselves. ... Unfortunately, in the 1892 presidential election, the Populist nominee, General Weaver, failed to receive a large electoral majority. ......

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For instance, Congress had the power to tax and coin money but can also create laws to have the power to tax. ... One of which is addressed by Hamilton stating simply that "A state government will ever be the rival power of the general government." ... Document H is a Republican Presidential campaign poster created in 1804. ...

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The spoils system Jackson put into effect allowed him to make his friends part of his presidential cabinet and fire any of the previous employees of the White House. ... In conclusion, Jackson was an ally of the "common man" and really changed things in how power was distributed and in the way that the common man could have a voice in things he once did not. ...

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Despite the enormous step towards democracy from Myanmar, Suu Kyi's party will not hold great power even if they win all open seats in parliament. ... Additionally, Suu Kyi's age and health might prevent her from joining the presidential campaigns in 2015. ...

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The Populist won more than a million votes in the presidential election of 1892 but their representative died on the eve of the convention. ... They were successful in "passing two important reforms to break the power of the political machines: the direct primary and at large voting". The at large voting added seats to the council, and put an end to the all ethnic neighborhood voting power. ...

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In reality a republic is a system of government without a monarch(a person that holds power by birthright). ... Some changes would have to be made to make Australia a republic , things like the head of state's power has to be defined, in some ways the laws and constitution have to be changed to accomodate the change to a republic for things like the power to dissolve parlament and the prime ministers power to expel the president under special circumstances. Although there are many models for the government under a republic (about eight)there are only three distinct models for the ...

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Some social scientists believe that political power is held by a small number of wealthy individuals. ... Elitist theoreticians believe that the power elite do not represent the choices of the majority of the people because they do not garner for mass support. ... They are the biggest donors in presidential elections and as a result, the president strives to meet their demands. ... Some groups such as minority do not have power to influence decisions that are before the government. ... However, when they come together as groups their power increases immensely. ...

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(Doc B) Jackson also believed that the bank had a "concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people." and that there weren't any modifications to the bank charter to "make it compatible with justice or with the Constitution of our country." ... He used a constitutional method, the presidential veto power, to protect America from something he viewed as unconstitutional. ... Political Democracy is the equal distribution of power among the citizens. ...

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On April 12, 2015, Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy for the Presidential election of 2016. ... Because of the power given to women throughout the civil war, women carried on the power after the war ended. ... Because of the civil war, women were able to gain more power politically, socially, economically. ...

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